AI Could Be Causing Terrible Harm to Minors, Even Worse Than Social Media
Former Google Exec Warns That AI Could Be Causing Terrible Harm to Minors, Even Worse Than Social Media
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/former-google-exec-ai-harm-minors
A former Google safety executive warned of the harm AI is doing to minors, and called for a slowdown in AI development.
Filed September 23, 2026 at 12:14 pm
That headline should not surprise you. "Cognitive offloading" is one thing if you're an adult who has already learned how to think, research, write, etc. It's an entirely different thing if you've never learned those skills. AI should not be a thing for children. Full stop.
We made this mistake already with social media. We're making it again.